Pitt 36, Ntre Ame 33 (Final, 4 OT)

[Jake]

4 OT possessions and ND gets 9 points. I thought Charlie was an offensive genius? Of course, he was going against a rugged Pitt defense that gave up 54 points to Rutgers last week.

 

[ulukinatme]

I think the Ntre Ame ffensive line was out of gas at the end of the game and I think the Pitt defense exposed their lack of endurance.

Na, normally I would look for a decent excuse why we would have gotten beat, but I don't see it :) I think we honestly were blocking poorly at the end, not by a lack of energy. The whole 3rd quarter was nothing by 3 and outs for the ND offense. I'm surprised the defense has as much in their tanks as they did in overtime, they were on the field a lot the 2nd half. The offense did come back to score on a long drive in the 4th, that could have winded them, but over the whole 2nd half they didn't have a lot of long drives.

I think part of it was the conservative play calling in overtime, we called up a lot of running plays that weren't going anywhere. I think we should have went for a few more short passes, which is what was the most effective today. The long passes weren't there often today, good coverage by Pitt, we were only open deep a few times.

 

[BB73]

I think part of it was the conservative play calling in overtime

That, and Claussen badly overthrowing a wide open Floyd in the end zone (I think it was in the 2nd OT).

 

[Boilers Fan]

ND was up 17-3 at half

 

[ulukinatme]

ND was up 17-3 at half

We lost to Pitt in 4th OT, while you scraped by the impressive 2-7 scUM. Oh yeah, and we beat you by 17 this year

 

[FWBuckeye]

We lost to Pitt in 4th OT, while you scraped by the impressive 3-6 scUM. Oh yeah, and we beat you by 17 this year

3-6? You gave them an extra win.

 

[BB73]

C'mon guys, you both beat TSUN. Kumbaya.

 

[ulukinatme]

3-6? You gave them an extra win.

Crap, you're right. I was looking at Purdue's page on ESPN and not Michigan's when I looked at the score, good call.

 

[Bucklion]

We lost to Pitt in 4th OT, while you scraped by the impressive 2-7 scUM. Oh yeah, and we beat you by 17 this year

Ooh! Ooh! Crappy team fight! Crappy team fight!

 

[Gatorubet]

Ooh! Ooh! Crappy team fight! Crappy team fight!

I'd say something here, but an Ole Miss fan might show up

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Ooh! Ooh! Crappy team fight! Crappy team fight!

Is that something like a cripple fight?

 

[Bucklion]

Is that something like a cripple fight?

Yes, something akin to 2 1-legged men in an ass-kicking contest...